Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
NATIONAL LAW NAKED;
Summary Of the Daily Proceea;,..
the Senate and House At the -
National CAPITAL.

In the fenate the 18th . lngs nnmh.
mtnicat;ons and petitions " 70 praso,. o'eor
referred, among them tho fol owinr. ~ az
vert he manufacture and ta a, 81, 10 He
quors IN tn" territories; fer tn. niio.s cstie
bouI.y of SO 1-l3 per month 20 MI 'o.WaEce
rved in N amy duri 6 the w,r '.e n. Nhl
sen m nnss 70 IN Institution. allow p
tnarfiag, and divorce. Man Lila u subject
duced aud ref RI d, among tn m the fa, NITRO
To divide no tion Of the Sioux reserya loving
inGton Into the union; ropoaljru ~. VI Wash
and resumption laws F; to ncour 10 ~ ~ tlnbt
facture OF steel for modern arms an 'hsnu
and 20 oyide heavy ordnance Tor r" Tine liner
tions and 9th sea coast lefen ca. : rtiI's
coinage OF silver; to regElat" fu,niy Az ~ Ire
m amendment to the Constitution nv r1 i,, to
the manufacture. import tion or snI. -, y; Iitld
eating chi liquors in the United State I'M lhsa
meat building in Sioux City A MI. s3vern]
ecutive comma icati"ns, princinai " u OF ex
to private land claims In VI Mexico w .e.aiv.
priately referred. ""t atlrol
~ e senate the 18th ILLS we're intro,,.
as 1oiiows: For the preservation of wo,,.
forests adjacent to the sour es Of nnr;,' "''
riv r. and t'leir afiluents. Constitn, 49, \
on u term till tie last Tuesday in A.. n,t'n-
am lid the Interstate com,ne CO art p, phi io
the establis ment and operation ~ y as" VS., i0r
states nostal telegraph; lso to cqualizoS rne
OF pensions i'll certain cas- also 10 ,o lates
peneion laws to steamboatmeu onf .enu Tie
aging under orders Of United S,,.as ot m rs RS
Aims tn Sioux re- cry tion in Dak oIs, rs
ea pyor 10 ana Tc
q ' ap cals 'on 10 .p pp aSisss een5
for building public building at b. atyics s WY.
JSnYnotf Ia
postmaster general to lease premison IT," ,ne
use OF first second and third clnss post OFF,. ahe
Also to provide that no third-class postnTa
shall DO relegnted to tho fourth.closa ",s
or whose box rents and commissions brine ,' ~
postmaster's salary up to $1,000 per unnn NJ,
resolution was adopted in tee onse eclsr
ing the following gentlemen committee s.', =,
North Carolina; ONein. Indiana Moore, I Rosu
ell Houk, Coop,r, Lyman, Johnson lniisna
end Lodge.
TEE l4th inst. the senate committee on mir
ileges aud elections presented their reror, snd
resolutions in the West Virginia case, aec)ar
ing that Charles j. Faulkner he'd been dn,
el cted senator and was entitled To
agreed to viva voce, and the oath d
Office was thereupon administered 10 MI
aulkner He was then assigned t the comni,l
tees on claims Of he District of Columbea nine1
ard mining, and pensions. Among the GIl1
introduced and referred were he followjnr
10 incorporate tho Washington ubprbal
r ilroad company of tho District of Columbia
To protect the interest o. purchasers OF ptenl,
ed articles by making va Id the defense
az INST actions OF infringement ;bRt
the article was bought ;rr use d
consumption, and not for SALE and in good tmil
and in the usual course of :ruae and providing
that I'LL patents shall be subjected to purchase NJ
the government for general use at u casonAhls
valuation. MIR. Platt moved that the last bill ID
referred to the committee on p,.tents wlll
heretofore has had the question Under consdersl
ton, and not. the judiciary committee, as 1rcI
posed by its author. After some debate VOID
WAS taken, and the motion TO refer ia TIN
committee on patents was carried. A resolr.
ton authorizing the select committee q.
Indian traders, authorized June 8, 1886, TO con,
tlnue its investigation was adopted.